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The penny-farthing was a popular type of what?
Bicycle
What kind of plant does vanilla come from?
Orchid
What technology was named after a Danish king?
Bluetooth
Which country contains the most tigers?
A. India
B. Indonesia
C. Russia
D. United States
A. India
Which notorious gangster successfully lobbied for the addition of expiry dates to be put on milk in Chicago?
Al Capone
In which country would you fine the Bay of Pigs?
Cuba
Who played the roles of Lucy and Rickey on the popular TV show 'I Love Lucy'?
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
How many breaths does the average human take in a day?
A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 15,000
B. 20,000
Which weighs more: The human heart or the human brain?
The brain
Approximately how many quills does a porcupine have?
A. 30,000
B. 40,000
C. 20,000
A. 30,000
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from Nazis in Amsterdam?
Anne Frank
Which group of ancient peoples worshiped cats?
The Egyptians
What color are the goalposts in American football?
Yellow
In tennis, what term is used for a score of zero?
Love
What is the highest color belt in most karate systems?
Black belt
In the UK, it’s illegal to be drunk in a pub. True or false?
True
Which U.S. state is known as the ‘Sunshine State’?
Florida
In which country did the sandwich originate?
England
What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree?
A star or and angel
What author created the detective story genre?
Edgar Allen Poe
What is the official sport of Alaska?
Dog sledding
Which animal other than chimpanzees and gorillas have human-like fingerprints?
The koala
What animal has the most powerful bite?
The saltwater crocodile
How many national parks does Washington State have?
3:
What is the most frequently sold item at Walmart?
Bananas
Which country owns every panda in the world?
China
What is the most common color of toilet paper in France?
Pink
What’s the total number of dots on a PAIR of dice?
42
The hard white material of elephant tusks is called what?
Ivory
What has a head, a tail, but does not have a body?
A coin
Is it the female turkeys or the male turkeys that gobble?
Male
What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch?”
Eggnog
The best-selling book of 1981 was a book explaining how to solve what handheld puzzle?
The Rubik's Cube
In the U.S. what is the most popular selling grilling meat throughout the summer?
Hotdogs
Which animal is known as the “King of the Jungle?”
Lion
What is the slowest animal on Earth?
The three-toed sloth
Which country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun?”
Japan
What was the name of the series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land?
The Crusades
What is the most common musical instrument in a classical orchestra?
The violin
What common household item did an Iranian man balance 85 of on his body to set a world record, surpassing the previous record of 64?
Spoons!
True or False: Germans were the first to brew beer.
False; the first concrete evidence of barley beer comes from the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Syria).
On which Asian wonder were “graffiti zones” designated in 2014, where visitors can leave their marks on plastic screens?
Great Wall of China (it was done in an effort to keep tourists from defacing the wall itself).
What color dresses do Chinese women traditionally wear on their wedding day?
Red
Tony Glover won the Guinness World Record for the heaviest onion back in 2014. How much did it weigh?
It weighed 18 pounds, 11.84 ounces. Glover grew this colossal vegetable in the United Kingdom and displayed it at the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show in 2014. His record-breaking onion surpassed all others, though there are other massive vegetables in the Guinness records, such as a 22.44-pound carrot and a 35-pound broccoli.
Can you name at least 3 intelligent animals in the animal kingdom?
Dolphins, chimpanzees, elephants, pigs, ravens, and octopi.
Which continent has no reptiles?
Antarctica
Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp, and McIntosh are all popular varieties of what fruit?
Apple
Famous blue jean maker Strauss, U.S. vice president Morton, and American cyclist Leipheimer all share which first name?
Levi
Famous for being in the freshly murdered grip of Wild Bill Hickok, a dead man's hand in poker is a pair of eights and a pair of what high cards?
Aces
What mammal has the thickest fur?
Sea otters (with up to 1 million hairs per square inch)
True or False: Pablo Picasso would often carry around a pistol loaded with blanks. (fake bullets)
True! He would fire it at people he found boring or anyone who insulted the Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cézanne.
How many acorns does one oak tree produce in its lifetime?
About 10 million
What does the "O" mean in Irish names? ex. O'Reilly, O'Malley
"Descendant of"
Riding or sitting on what marine animal is a 3rd degree felony in the U.S.?
Sea Turtle
True or False: listening to your favorite music for 15 minutes a day can lower stress and help improve your mood?
True!
About how many flowers would bees need to collect nectar from to make 1 pound of honey?
2 million
What is a group of goldfish called?
A troubling
In what country is it illegal to own just ONE guinea pig?
Switzerland. They know they are social animals and don't want them to be lonely.
True or False: The color orange was named after the fruit.
True!
Which bird is known for holding grudges against people who have treated it poorly?
Crows! They have been known to hold grudges for years against people.